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<p>[QUOTE="Numiscent, post: 705753, member: 16300"]I guess it would have been smart to have mentioned that in my original post. Make no mistake, eBay makes rate and policy changes to get them more money from it directly. The reason they made this policy is because someone figured out that the extra amount they get from these special listings will outweigh the money saving techniques I mentioned, likely by far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago eBay abandoned the philosophy that keeping an open, honest, community with policies driven by the people itself. They now operate with a philosophy similar to Paypal, which is do what will get them more money now, which often means tricking people into situations. It's irresponsible and professionally unwise, because of the repercussions such decisions have on the members.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numiscent, post: 705753, member: 16300"]I guess it would have been smart to have mentioned that in my original post. Make no mistake, eBay makes rate and policy changes to get them more money from it directly. The reason they made this policy is because someone figured out that the extra amount they get from these special listings will outweigh the money saving techniques I mentioned, likely by far. Several years ago eBay abandoned the philosophy that keeping an open, honest, community with policies driven by the people itself. They now operate with a philosophy similar to Paypal, which is do what will get them more money now, which often means tricking people into situations. It's irresponsible and professionally unwise, because of the repercussions such decisions have on the members.[/QUOTE]
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